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Yahoo
an hour ago
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- Yahoo
Waitrose to open full-line supermarket in north Bristol in 2027
British grocery retailer Waitrose is to build a new full-line supermarket at Brabazon, in the north of the city of Bristol, which is expected to open in 2027. It is part of the £4bn ($5.3bn) investment plan for YTL Corporation developments up to 2030s the UK. The 30,000ft² store, the first such supermarket in seven years, will create 150 new jobs. The new supermarket will be situated on the A38 Gloucester Road, serving as the gateway to Brabazon and located 500m from a new train station expected to open in 2026. The retailer will occupy the ground floor of a seven-storey office building designed by AHR architects and will have a multi-storey car park with 1,500 spaces. Waitrose is expanding its presence across the UK. As well as the Brabazon store, new outlets include a convenience store in The Arches, Bristol, and franchise expansions with Welcome Break in Spaldwick, Cambridgeshire and Rotherham. Two more stores will open at Welcome Break service areas in Hickling, Leicestershire, and Newark, Nottinghamshire, in summer 2025. Waitrose managing director James Bailey stated: 'We are moving up a gear in store investment as we open in new locations and modernise our existing estate to bring the quality, service and value that customers love about Waitrose closer to more people.' More than 20 Waitrose stores will be refurbished in 2025, nearly doubling the previous year's number. These refurbs are part of a broader strategy to invest £1bn over three years in new stores and enhancements to 150 existing locations, affecting almost half of the retailer's estate. Built on the historic Filton Airfield, Brabazon is being developed by YTL Developments into a new urban district. Bailey continued: 'Brabazon is one of the most exciting new city districts in the UK, driving the growth of one of the UK's most vibrant and successful regional economies. Partnering with YTL Developments at Brabazon underlines our ambition and the opportunity we believe we have to grow our reach.' In March 2025, Waitrose introduced a £500,000 fund to help its network of British farmers reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions. "Waitrose to open full-line supermarket in north Bristol in 2027" was originally created and published by Retail Insight Network, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
BreakingNews.ie
2 hours ago
- BreakingNews.ie
Man who drove with Lidl manager on car bonnet after checkout row avoids jail
A retired tradesman has avoided prison over an incident in a supermarket car park in Wicklow town in which he drove a short distance with a store manager on the bonnet of his vehicle following a row at a checkout. Thomas O'Connor (67), of Two Mile House, Ballinteskin, Co Wicklow, pleaded guilty to a charge of endangerment over the incident at the Lidl supermarket on Rathnew Road, Co Wicklow on July 3rd, 2023, contrary to Section 13 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. Advertisement Garda James Downey told a sitting of Wicklow Circuit Criminal Court that there had been an issue between the store's assistant manager and the accused in relation to the payment for a small item. CCTV footage played in court showed that the manager attempted to place a shopping trolley in front of O'Connor's vehicle in order to speak further with him as the accused was driving out of the car park. Video images show the supermarket employee was briefly pushed onto the bonnet of the vehicle which was travelling at a slow speed before O'Connor drove away cutting inside a van coming into the car park on the wrong side as he made his exit. Garda Downey said O'Connor was arrested in December 2023 and identified himself on the CCTV footage and accepted responsibility for his driving. Advertisement The court heard he told gardaí: 'What can I say? At least no-one was hurt. I was panicked.' O'Connor also added that he was 'deeply sorry.' Garda Downey confirmed to prosecution counsel James Kelly BL that the accused had no previous convictions. Cross-examined by defence counsel Edmund Sweetman BL, Garda Downey agreed that the incident arose from a dispute over what items were paid for. Advertisement The court heard there was an issue about whether the customer had given the cashier a €5 or €10 note which resulted in O'Connor leaving the store with two packs of hash browns and leaving another behind at the checkout. Garda Downey said the accused had taken offence at being challenged by Lidl staff. Mr Kelly observed that O'Connor had 'left in high dudgeon and took off.' Mr Sweetman said there was no justification for the defendant's 'most irrational behaviour.' Advertisement Pleading for leniency, the barrister said O'Connor had a previously unblemished character and had recently retired from a career working as a plasterer. He said the accused had brought €1,000 to court for his victim as an expression of his remorse. Sentencing O'Connor to three months in prison, Judge Terence O'Sullivan said he would fully suspend the term of imprisonment for a period of six months on condition that he keep the peace for that period and not come to Garda attention. The judge said the accused's driving was reckless and it was lucky that no harm had come to the Lidl manager. Advertisement Ireland Man (63) wielded knife at asylum seeker in Dublin... Read More He said O'Connor knew there was some sort of row with the supermarket's staff and there was no justification for endangering the store official, although the judge acknowledged the accused was assessed as being at a low risk of reoffending. Judge O'Sullivan said he accepted that the defendant 'simply panicked in temper.' 'It was one of those occasions where the red mist descended when it shouldn't have,' the judge remarked. Having heard that O'Connor lives in an area with poor public transport and has a wife with health issues, Judge O'Sullivan said he would not impose any driving disqualification on him.
Washington Post
4 hours ago
- Business
- Washington Post
Kroger: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot
CINCINNATI — CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. (KR) on Friday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $866 million. On a per-share basis, the Cincinnati-based company said it had net income of $1.29. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and costs related to mergers and acquisitions, were $1.49 per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.45 per share. The supermarket chain posted revenue of $45.12 billion in the period, which fell short of Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $45.38 billion. Kroger expects full-year earnings in the range of $4.60 to $4.80 per share. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights ( using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on KR at
Yahoo
4 hours ago
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Kroger: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot
CINCINNATI (AP) — CINCINNATI (AP) — Kroger Co. (KR) on Friday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $866 million. On a per-share basis, the Cincinnati-based company said it had net income of $1.29. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and costs related to mergers and acquisitions, were $1.49 per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.45 per share. The supermarket chain posted revenue of $45.12 billion in the period, which fell short of Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $45.38 billion. Kroger expects full-year earnings in the range of $4.60 to $4.80 per share. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights ( using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on KR at Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Bloomberg
4 hours ago
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- Bloomberg
Kroger Sales Beat Expectations on Steady Grocery Spending
Kroger Co.'s sales surpassed expectations during the latest quarter, a sign that consumers are still spending on groceries and other essentials even amid economic turbulence. The nation's largest supermarket operator said its comparable sales, excluding fuel, rose 3.2% — better than what Wall Street analysts were expecting.
